Jamie Cardenas has joined Hearst Newspapers as director of social media and engagement. Recently, Cardenas was a social media strategist and analyst for Gannett Local News.
Before that, he served as a digital analyst and digital strategist – SEO and social media at Gannett | USA Today Network. He was a digital news editor – sports at Southern California News Group and wrote for the Los Angeles Times.
He interned at The Spokesman-Review, which serves the Spokane, Wash. area.
Cardenas graduated from California State University, Fullerton.
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